Hemtabad Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake village, see Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Hemtabad.

Hemtabad is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Hemtabad
Constituency No. 33 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Hemtabad Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raiganj
Established	2011
Total electors	265,318
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Satyajit Barman
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 33 Hemtabad Assembly constituency (SC) covers Hemtabad community development block and Bhatol, Bindol, Jagadishpur, Mahipur, Sherpur, Rampur and Sitgram gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block.^[1]

Hemtabad Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	MLA	Party
Hemtabad constituency created - 2011
2011	Khagendra Nath Sinha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2016	Debendra Nath Roy
2021	Satyajit Barman	Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Satyajit Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Chandima Roy of BJP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Hemtabad (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Satyajit Barman	116,425	52.14	+18.11
	BJP	Chandima Roy	89,210	39.95	+19.32
	CPI(M)	Bhupen Barman	9,453	4.23	−36.44
	NOTA	None of the above	2,160	0.97	−0.26
	AMB	Manindra Barman	1,581	0.71
	SUCI(C)	Jyotirmay Barman	1,518	0.68	−0.36
	BSP	Binay Kumar Roy	1,411	0.63	−0.41
	Independent	Sankar Barman	842	0.38
	Independent	Dipu Barman	701	0.31
Turnout			223,301	84.16	−0.84
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Debendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Sabita Kshetry of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Hemtabad (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Debendra Nath Roy	80,419	40.67	−4.84
	AITC	Sabita Kshetry	67,283	34.03	+11.23
	BJP	Bhanu Ram Barman	40,795	20.63	+15.09
	NOTA	None of the above	2,437	1.23	+1.23
	BSP	Alakesh Barman	2,065	1.04
	SUCI(C)	Jyotirmay Barman	2,048	1.04
Turnout			197,736	85.00	−0.01
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Note- Later in 2019 Debendra Nath Roy joined BJP.

2011

In the 2011 election, Khagendra Nath Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Sekhar Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Hemtabad (SC) constituency^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Khagendra Nath Sinha	71,557	45.51
	AITC	Sekhar Chandra Roy	35,849	22.80
	Independent	Chitta Ranjan Ray	30,923	19.67
	BJP	Bhanu Ram Barman	8,708	5.54
	Independent	Mamata Adhikary	4,292	2.73
	RPI(A)	Mohanta Barman	2,300
	BSP	Pabitra Kumar Biswas	2,118
	Independent	Uttam Barman	1,496
Turnout			157,239	85.01

The Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for the rebel Congress candidate contesting from Hemtabad as an independent candidate, Chittaranjan Roy, who was suspended from the Congress Party.^[4]